[The French National Institute for Agricultural Medicine (INMA)]

Since 1958, the French National institute for agricultural medicine (INMA) has been studying the determinant health factors (non-exclusively medical) in the agricultural and rural environment. To reach this objective, the INMA organizes various types of training (degree in agricultural medicine, training for the physicians from the Mutualité Sociale Agricole--a French social security agency--, continuing education, seminars and symposiums etc.) designed for various health and safety professionals (occupational physicians, consultant physicians, general practitioners, especially from rural areas, members of safety committees etc.). This agricultural and rural specificity of the INMA is also one of the characteristics of its oldest training (2,500 physicians trained to date): the degree in agricultural medicine, which, following one or two years of courses, allows trainees to carry on occupational medicine in the agricultural sector. Through its holdings, the INMA website (www.inma.fr) provides physicians with a lot of answers to their questions regarding the health issue in agriculture.